• Australia 497-8dec & 186-6dec;
England 301 & 18-2• Pat Cummins quickly tears into England top orderAnother miracle is required here for England to keep the pursuit of the Ashes alive. They began their second innings half an hour before the close and the ball was tossed to Pat Cummins, rather than Mitchell Starc, who had that privilege in the first innings. This proved a good option that may well have decided the destination of the Ashes.
Cummins’s third ball, delivered from around the wicket, was not his best. It was too much to the leg-side yet somehow via a leading edge Rory Burns skewed the ball gently into the hands of Travis Head. The fourth ball from Cummins was of higher quality. It was propelled at Joe Root. It was full of length and drifted into the right-hander before kissing the turf and moving away to clip the top of off-stump.